Contents tagged with nuclear strike
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Media: North Korea gave a letter to Russia expressing its readiness to attack the US
RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing a source familiar with the situation, that in October, after arriving at the meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK passed a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin through the Russian Chairwoman of the Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko. In the latter the North Korean authorities expressed Pyongyang's readiness to carry out a nuclear strike against the United States.
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North Korea threatens the US with 'a nuclear strike' if provoked
North Korean newspaper Rodong has made a statement that tests of the "Hwasong-12" ballistic missile "demonstrated the ability of the DPRK to strike the continental United States at any time."
"If Washington dares to commit a provocation against Pyongyang, the DPRK will strike a just nuclear strike that will turn the US into ashes," the article published by the newspaper states.
The newspaper considers it "a bluff and a ridiculous cowardly action by the US to attempt to intimidate the DPRK by …
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Klintsevich: Russia would have a tough response to US aggression
A recent warning by the Russian General Staff about the threat of a sudden nuclear strike on Russia is a signal to U.S. leadership that any further developments will not be a surprise, and that Russians have nothing to fear – the situation is under control, as expressed Wednesday by the First Deputy of the Federation Council on Defense and Security Committee, Franz Klintsevich, commenting on the statement of the First Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, …